Please also read my several responses to the other article.

Please also read my several responses in the other thread.

Perhaps it would be possible to contemplate that this isn't about you and your cares? And that maybe, just maybe, there might be something new to learn as opposed to jumping into the knee-jerk, anti-”PC” stance?

I've noticed a couple of other comments from you, Jesdisciple, and it seems you are quite capable of finding compassion for blacks but think that because Asian pop culture is currently accepted, the racism that Asians experience is somehow lesser. Um, uh…

Pitting one minority's experiences against the other is a common practice of those wishing to dismiss charged issues. The problem with that stance, however, is that it's not relevent. (Not to mention a logical fallacy. Well, it encompasses several logical fallacies, actually.)

There are more Asians on the face of this spinning blue ball than any other race, yet the level of social acceptance surrounding offensive stereotypes baffles me. It's second nature to so many people (my all time favorite? Asian women are more sexually subservient and therefore better wives), and the level of offense taken (as demonstrated by Jesdisciple here) by people when they are called out on their (hopefully unconscious) idiocy is just…oy. Sad.

I know it's a touchy subject, but I'm tired of hearing about it. History is the only reason I don't call this whining. But the less common this sort of issue becomes, the more I want to apply that term.

But, doing some cross-searching here, I saw someone mentioned Norris' 1983 movie, “Lone Wolf McQuade” in in a comment on a blog page on the Deadly Viper blog on Oct. 5.

While I don't know if his Cherokee Ancestors were put on the Dawes Commission Rolls or if Norris is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, I do know that he has become an ultra-conservative in his politics and in his “Christianity.”

Norris might claim that he is not a racist; but, he doesn't approve of equal rights for all under the law of the Constitution of the United States of America.

While I'm saddened by the circumstances surrounding this whole ordeal, I'm thankful we're moving toward a place where we can openly discuss these difficult issues instead of casually dismissing caricatures of Asian identity as mere pop culture trivialities.

Perhaps this conversation will even help us move beyond the paradigm of trading swipes of “racist” vs. “over-reactive.”

Today was the first I had heard of this book and as crazy as it sounds I may have missed the offensiveness if it had not been pointed out to me – so thankyou for bringing it to my attention. I am so glad that you pointed out that you were not calling the authors racists – but you were pointing out how offensive the material was (loud and clear!). I believe that racism often takes place unknowingly or out of neglect but that we have an obligation to point it out and speak against it whenever we recognize it.

Back when Pres. Obama was being inaugurated I pointed out that a portion of Rev Lowry's prayer was offensive (i.e. the rhyme he quoted in which Native Americans were referred to as “red”, Asians “yellow”, and saying that “yellow needed to mellow” and saying white people, in general, are racist). I pointed out that I was not calling Rev Lowry a racist but that I thought that particular part of his speech was racist and offensive. I didn't get much support but I will keep on speaking out against racism in any form that I see or hear it – whether it is intended or not. I will do it in a civil manner but I will do it. I appreciate you demonstrating you will do the same.